"adiabic" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:46:52 -0700, Robert Miles wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, March 11, 2012 7:10:12 AM UTC-5, adiabic wrote:
>>> I found a Stevia product, called 'Natrena Stevia'.
>>> Now this sounds like stevia, as in 0 calories en GI = 0, but when I
>>> read the ingredients, I saw there's 97% carbohydrates in it as
>>> 'Maltodextrin'.
>>> So what is the resulting GI compared to using the same amount of table
>>> sugar (sucrose)?
>>>
>>> I tried to find out and read
>>> http://www.pcosupport.org/newsletter...le121008-3.php which
>>> says the GI of maltodextrin is between 106 and 136.
>>> Now this 'Natrena Stevia' says on the label that for every weight of
>>> sugar, one needs 1/8th of 'Natrena Stevia', which, I think, makes the
>>> GI of this product effectively ranging from 106/8=13 to 136/8=17 wheras
>>> the GI of table sugar (sucrose) is 65.
>>>
>>> This means only a factor of improvement between 3.8 and 5 which in my
>>> opinion is not very sensational. I mean, Stevia itself has GI = 0, so
>>> why did they ever mix the maltodextrin in?
>>>
>>> Bad move if you ask me.
>>
>> They needed to put SOMETHING in to make it granular, and to make it
>> occupy about the same space as the sugar it replaces. I agree that
>> maltodextrin was not a very good choice of what to put in.
>
> Wasn't it better to make drops then? Something like: "Every drop is
> equivalent to 1 teaspoon sugar.
> By the way, I didn't buy it, do you know if they have solved the
> 'licorice taste' problem?

I have the liquid Stevia and that has no licorice taste or aftertaste, but
some of the older versions of the packets used to, don't know about them now
though.

Cheri